Deaths by Execution

Date ~ Name* Crime* Method* [Age*] Race* Sex* Occupation

02 Jul 1776 ~ (DUNBAR * Slave Revolt * Hanging * Black * Male * Slave
02 Jul 1776 ~ (DUNBAR) * Slave Revolt * Hanging * Black * Male * Slave
02 Jul 1776 ~ (WATTS, FLOWERS) * Slave Revolt * Hanging * Black * Male * Slave
1837 ~ (RANDOLPH) * Murder * Hanging * Black * Unknown * Slave
1837 ~ (RANDOLPH) * Murder * Hanging * Black * Unknown * Slave
04 Jan 1884 ~ RECTOR, EDWARD * Murder * Hanging * Black * Male * Unknown
26 Jul 1889 ~ BOWLING, TOM * Murder * Hanging * Aged 19 * Black * Male * Unknown
02 Mar 1894 ~ JOHNSON, DAVE * Murder-Robbery * Hanging * Black * Male * Unknown
02 Mar 1894 ~ WASHINGTON, MANSFIELD * Murder-Robbery * Hanging * Black * Male * Unknown
24 Aug 1894 ~ CAUSEY, IKE * Murder * Hanging * Black * Male * Farm Laborer
10 Mar 1911 ~ FLETCHER, WILLIE * Murder * Hanging * Black * Male * Unknown
11 Aug 1911 ~ WILLIAMS, TIM * Murder * Hanging * Black * Male * Unknown
15 Mar 1918 ~ CAMPBELL, WALTER * Murder * Hanging * Black * Male * Unknown
03 Feb 1933 ~ JONES, BUCE * Murder * Hanging * Black * Male * Unknown
31 Aug 1934 ~ SWAIN, ROOSEVELT * Murder * Hanging * Black * Male * Unknown
19 Jan 1934 ~ HICKS, LEVI * Rape * Hanging * Black * Male * Ex-Convict
31 Mar 1939 ~ JOHNSON, DAVE * Rape-Robbery * Hanging * Aged 33 * Black * Male * Ex-Convict
23 Jan 1941 ~ WILLIAMS, AUSTIN * Murder * Electrocution * Black * Male * Unknown
07 Dec 1945 ~ RILEY, HENRY * Murder * Electrocution * Black * Male * Unknown
18 Jul 1947 ~ PERKINS, JESSIE * Rape * Electrocution * Black * Male * Unknown
01 Nov 1950 ~ SANFORD, EDWARD * Rape * Electrocution * Black * Male * Unknown

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Contributed by Rob Gallagher. This page was developed from the data file "Executions in the United States, 1608-1987: The ESPY File", Espy, M. Watt, and John Ortiz Smykla, Principal Investigators. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

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